ACAM Coalition Raises Support Adjustment Concerns

Members of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (ACAM) Broadband Coalition raised concerns about the latest FCC thinking on ACAM support in a call with FCC Wireline Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics staff. They “discussed the support adjustment methodology contemplated by Commission staff and the Coalition’s position that the methodology under consideration could lead to inaccurate and insufficient support levels,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 10-90. The coalition “maintains that the most accurate and equitable method to recalculate support is to rerun the cost model to reflect the network required to serve the final location counts,” the filing said.